Philadelphia ecologist receives top Mongolia honor
..., including China, that offer similar problems and related opportunities for solutions as Dr. Goulden is addressing so well in Mongolia, said Brown. Drawing from these, we are moving forward to establish an Asia Center at the Academy. The Academy, the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, also has c...Co-operation between GSF and clinic improves outlook for sarcoma patients
...ientists were especially interested together with related biological research - in the question whether certain sarcomas could be better treated with a combination of hyperthermia and other forms of therapy. In the course of local, deep hyperthermia, tumours are warmed to 40-44 Celsius, with, the aid of e...High blood pressure medication strategy proves effective in Hispanic women
...vent future cardiovascular morbidity and mortality related to hypertension and diabetes. Importantly, because the Hispanic population is the fastest-growing ethnic minority in the United States, Hispanics especially women should be included in future cardiovascular research in order to further our understa...One man's junk may be a genomic treasure
...located on the growth hormone gene locus, the gene related to the aging process and longevity. The scientists were surprised to find that SINE B2 sequence is critical to formation of the functional domain boundaries for this locus. Functional domains are stretches of DNA within the genome that contain al...Researchers use new approach to predict protein function
...enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of glucose and related compounds into other molecules as needed for metabolism. The enzymes within the enolase superfamily utilize similar reaction mechanisms to one another but catalyze different reactions, complicating the task of discovering their function. There are ...Wiley extends publishing partnership with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
...mier research journals in chemical engineering and related fields. The journal is ranked in the top 10 in the Chemical Engineering category of the Journal Citation Reports (Institute for Scientific Information). Edited by Stanley Sandler of the University of Delaware, this peer-reviewed monthly journal repor...MIT, BU team builds viruses to combat harmful 'biofilms'
...ies or strains of bacteria, each constructed using related design principles to express different enzymes. Creating such a library may soon be feasible with new technologies for synthesizing genes quickly and cheaply. We hope in a few years, it will be easy to create libraries of phage that we know have a...A compound from olive-pomace oil gets 80 percent slowing down of HIV spread
...a has already registered almost ten other patents related to this compounds properties. Maslinic acid is also a very active compound in opportunistic parasitic infections seriously affecting HIV patients. In trials carried out by these researchers with the MT2 cell line, for concentrations of 25 and 30 ...Tiny tweezers and yeast help St. Jude show how cancer drug works
...ng camptothecins effect. Topotecan is an analog or related drug of camptothecin. As in DNA replication, gene expression requires the unwinding of the DNA strands. However, instead of duplicating DNA, transcription machinery makes an RNA message, which is then translated into proteins. With gene transcription...Study identifies a common genetic risk factor for colorectal and prostate cancer
...previously identified several genetic risk factors related to prostate cancer, and now having identified one of these same variants as predictive of colorectal cancer risk, brings us closer to our long-term goal of developing a model that more precisely pinpoints who is at greater risk for developing colorec...Rapid evolution of defense genes in plants may produce hybrid incompatibility
...ations or even from two different although closely related species. Such hybrid offspring can be successful but may also be prevented or defective because some of the parents genes are not compatible. In their survey of 900 first generation hybrid offspring among 293 strains of thale cress, Bomblies and D...Elevated CO2 in atmosphere weakens defenses of soybeans to herbivores
...ects by down-regulating the expression of hormones related with defense, which down-regulate the important defense CystPls against beetles, Zavala said. Zavala also explained, Under natural field conditions, elevated CO2 not only increased susceptibility of soybean to herbivory by the invasive species Japa...Greenland's ancient forests shed light on stability of ice sheet
...embers of the yew family, as well as invertebrates related to beetles, flies, spiders, butterflies and moths. The researchers believe that the samples date back to between 450,000 and 800,000 years ago. "We have shown for the first time that southern Greenland, which is currently hidden under more than 2k...Sea anemone genome provides new view of our multi-celled ancestors
...chromosomes in patterns similar to the patterns of related genes on the 46 chromosomes of humans. "Many gen...ack in time to before the origin of animals, since related genes are found in fungi, plants, slime molds and other non-animals," said Rokhsar. "Only 20 percent...NIEHS researchers identify enzyme critical in DNA replication
...se can accomplish both tasks. However, humans and related higher organisms, such as bakers yeast, are much more complicated. Recent discoveries, several of which emerged from the human genome project, indicate that the human genome encodes at least 15 DNA polymerases that can copy DNA. Several of these ar...Amoebae control cheating by keeping it in the family
...ies' ability to reproduce. In colonies with highly related cells, the cheater's individual advantages were outweighed by the overall health of the group, so the cheaters couldn't gain a foothold. "The combination of these two studies confirms something that's been long predicted by kin selection theory -- ...Gene variations directly link inflammation to an increased risk for lung cancer
Variations in two genes related to inflammation may be a major risk factor for dev...isk, the researchers compared differences in genes related to inflammation between more than 1,500 lung cancer patients and 1,700 controls at M. D. Anderson Ca...Study examines cause of hearing loss for patients with certain genetic disease
...gradual SNHL or normal hearing. Tumor size was not related to SNHL. Based on the relationship between the i...afness, can occur suddenly in a manner that is not related to tumor size, early surgical intervention may be warranted. While this study does not address the e...Waging war on the deadliest superbug
...rtually paralysed after contracting MSSA, a strain related to MRSA, in a London hospital....New research holds promise for protecting cancer patients against infertility
...is means that patients get unpleasant side effects related to having low oestrogen levels, such as hot flushes, and can also lead to loss of bone mass. The side effects associated with the cyclical use of GnRH antagonists were minimal, she said. 19% of patients did not experience any at all, and only 6% r...